Oregon’s second-largest electrical utility, PacifiCorp, played a significant role in the Labor Day wildfires that ravaged parts of the state in 2020, according to a Multnomah County jury.

PacifiCorp decided against depowering lines as heavy winds battered western Oregon and some lines kept re-energizing even as they began to fault. LaBranch said PacifiCorp leaders needed to be more ...

A jury in Oregon has found electric utility PacifiCorp responsible for causing devastating fires during Labor Day 2020 in a civil lawsuit. The jury returned its decision Monday, saying the utility ...

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PacifiCorp, the owner of Pacific Power in Oregon, contributed to all of the bills and the Utah law. Each of those bills confers upon utilities some version of state-sanctioned approval for ...

The winery argues that it is a victim of the Oregon Labor Day fires in Santiam, Echo Mountain, Archie Creek Complex, 242, and South Obenchain in 2020 as a result of PacifiCorp’s electrical ...

PacifiCorp’s negligence led to four Labor Day 2020 wildfires that ravaged Oregon and the utility has been ordered to pay nearly $72 million in damages to a subset of the victims, according to a ...

"PacifiCorp has settled and will continue to settle all reasonable claims for actual damages under Oregon law. ... The growing threat of wildfires to communities and businesses is bigger than any ...

Electric utility PacifiCorp could be on the hook for billions of dollars in damages. It's been found liable for its role in Oregon's most destructive wildfire season on record in 2020. Oregon ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A trial connected to a $1.6-billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon began Tuesday in Portland.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – In a public wildfire preparedness webinar on Wednesday, officials with the utility company PacifiCorp, which operates Pacific Power in Oregon, dodged questions about ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, said Monday it has agreed to a $178 settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs in the latest multimillion-dollar payout related to the ...